The Atlanta Braves have been hopeful that the damage Ronald Acuna Jr. suffered on Sunday afternoon throughout their 8-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates wouldn’t be extreme.
Sadly for them and Acuna, it’s.
The Braves introduced late Sunday evening that Acuna suffered an entire tear of the ACL in his left knee and might want to endure surgical procedure that may sideline him for the rest of the 2024 season.
It’s the second time that Acuna has suffered a torn ACL that may minimize brief a season. Throughout the 2021 season he suffered a torn ACL in his proper knee that value him the rest of that season. He was not fairly the identical participant when he returned throughout the 2022 season, however finally bounced again in 2023 with a monster efficiency that noticed him win the Nationwide League MVP award.Â
Acuna was injured on Sunday within the high of the primary inning when he was trying a delayed steal off of second base.Â
Simply as he began to run he instantly dropped to the bottom with a non-contact damage. He was tagged out, remained on the bottom for a number of minutes, and finally walked off the sector. He was faraway from the sport.Â
Here’s a take a look at the play.
Acuna led off the sport with a double off the right-center area wall.Â
In 48 video games this season he’s hitting .246 with 4 house runs and 15 RBI. Though he has not been as dominant as he was a yr in the past, he’s nonetheless among the best gamers within the league. His absence can be an enormous void for the Braves to fill the remainder of the way in which.Â
The Braves did find yourself successful the World Sequence in 2021 when Acuna tore his different ACL, in order that they have confirmed they will nonetheless be a contending staff with out him. It’s nonetheless going to be awfully tough to do this once more.Â
